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40 Cards in this Set
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What incident sparked the Revolution? |
The attack by the Third Estate on the Bastille State Prison |
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What did the French monarchy do to hasten the Revolution? |
Extravagant lifestyle brought France to the verge of bankruptcy |
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Who were the Sans-Culottes? |
Sans-Culottes were those without knee breeches; the common people of paris |
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When did the French Revolution start? |
July 14th, 1789 |
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What was the slogan for the French Revolution? |
Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity |
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What caused the price of bread to rise? |
Lack of food and punishment for riots in Paris |
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What were some reasons Marie Antoinette was disliked? |
Extravagant life style, not French but Austrian. |
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What were the three main social classes of 18th century France? |
the First, Second, and Third Estates |
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Who made up the First estate? |
The clergy |
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Who made up the second estate? |
Nobility |
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Who made up the Third estate? |
bourgeoisie, the san-culottes and the peasants |
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Which assembly in France had the authority to vote on new taxes? |
The general Assembly |
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Who were part of the Estates General? |
Representatives of the 3 Estates |
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What was the most popular method of execution? |
The guillotine |
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What was the Tennis Court Oath? |
A promise made by the members of the National Assembly to stay together until they had written a constitution for France; this was the first deliberate act of the revolution (treason) |
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When and where was the formation for the national Assembly announced? |
1789 in the hall of an indoor tennis court in Versailles |
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Who was the leader of the Reign of Terror? |
Maximilian Robespierre |
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Which battle was Napoleon defeated in? |
Battle of Waterloo |
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What was the National Convention? |
This was the legislative branch of government that deposed the kind of his title
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Who was the Committee of Public Safety? |
A group of 12 men who decided who was an enemy of the state; those who were, were executed |
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What was the Directory? |
A group of 5 men who were given control of France following the Reign of Terror; Napoleon was one of the 5 men |
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Who were the Jacobins? |
A revolutionary political club |
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What movement happened where woman marched in order to protest famine and imprison the royal family? |
The Woman's March on Versailles |
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What were some causes of the French Revolution? |
People were starving, and money was being spent without cause or need in the First and Second estate, Unfair taxes. |
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Why were Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette executed? |
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were executed for being bad rulers, their careless spending, and their ignorance about the people of France |
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What French leader was an army captain who became the leader of France after a coup d'etat? |
Napoleon Bonaparte |
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On July 14, 1789, a huge crowd in Paris broke in to the Bastille. This became known as "Storming the Bastille". Why did they choose this to destroy? |
That's where gunpowder and weapons are stored which what they needed. |
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What happened to Napoleon Bonaparte after his defeat? |
He lived in exile in St. Helena until his death |
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What marked the beginning of the French Revolution? |
The Storming of the Bestille |
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What was the time during the French Revolution in which there was a wave of fear throughout the country called? |
Reign of Terror |
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Which French leader created a national educational system? |
Napoleon Bonaparte |
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___ were the workers of the Third Estate and this became a nickname of pride for the workers. Also known as "without culottes" |
Sans-Culottes |
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Which group in the legislative assembly did not want change? |
Conservatives |
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Which group in the legislative assembly wanted little changed? |
The moderates |
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Which group in the legislative assembly wanted immediate change? |
The radicals |
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What was this feeling that Napoleon inspired in French people and those he conquered? |
Nationalism |
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What was this feeling that Napoleon inspired in French people and those he conquered? |
Nationalism |
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What was the "Great Fear"? |
Events where peasants believed that the nobles were planning to crush them and stop the revolution. Therefore, they destroyed possessions and burned documents recording rents, feudal dues, and other obligations |
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What replaced the National Assembly? |
Legislative Assembly |
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This means stroke of state, seizing power by force that was demonstrated by Napoléon |
Coup D'etat |
